Someone is (probably) benefiting from Swine Flu fears: the makers of workplace educational videos meant to reduce employee sickness, featuring 8 different "coughing strategies" demonstrated by a hulking actor. The answer to all of this seems to just be "Purell":
Employers can buy a VHS of this video for just $30! Because that's how the internet works. Thanks to Jessica for the tip!
GameStop, that store I'm vaguely aware of but have never set foot in (because I'm a woman), put out this unintentionally funny (though it's trying to be actually funny) video to train their employees on how to sell video games to females, who are recognizable by their purses and the fact they never say "dude." (Dude!). This might be the final nail in the employee training video coffin, because they always get leaked to YouTube:
There's apparently some confusion as to whether this is real or fake, but I would have to go with 100% real, because who with any understanding of comedy videos would bother making it over 8 minutes long? (Though it has familiarized me with GameStop's products, so it could be genius viral marketing.) (Thanks for the tip, Sarah!)
This is from 2006, but it doesn't seem to have gotten much play: an actual ad that ran on TV in defense of our "friend" Carbon Dioxide. It's spit-take-inducingly funny, but I swear, I researched it, and it's not by The Onion. It's 100% real:
This is exactly like Brawndo from Idiocracy ("it has electrolytes!"). In fact, this commercial could easily be in Idiocracy -- particularly with the scary Big Brother-esque "Carbon Dioxide freed us from backbreaking labor..." part. According to Wikipedia, the Competitive Enterprise Institute is a conservative organization funded by oil and drug companies, among others. Competitive Enterprise Institute, if you're googling yourself and reading this, can you please do OxyContin next? My birthday is coming up. Thank you!
(Spoiler alert for the video, but really, you should see the movie already. It's great.) Slumdog Millionaire is winning lots of awards, as it should, and if we learned anything last year in particular, movies that win lots of awards get lots of parodies on the internet. As of this typing, Google returns no results for "Slumdog Millionaire parody," but change is coming. Yesterday, the Hollywood management and production company Benderspink used Slumdog's most recognizable elements for their video holiday card, and apparently learned a shit-ton of dance moves. Everybody go out and buy yellow scarves. It has begun:
Wow, the economy must really be suffering when a venture capital company makes a holiday card that involves no fake rap, no terrible sketches, and is actually pretty heartwarming! A company called First Round Capital was inspired by the viral meme Where The Hell Is Matt? and asked the employees of the 70 start-ups in their portfolio to submit video of themselves dancing. It's really cute, especially the old people:
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.
If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
Blogging about TV and movies isn't all fun and videogames. Every week, Lindsay or Gabe will be presented with a physical or mental challenge that tests their bravery,patience, and taste.
The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
